ROM Lee-Chin Crystal opening and concert

It’s been a long time coming, but Saturday June 2nd will see the opening of the Lee-Chin Crystal renovation at the Royal Ontario Museum. Free admission to the public will begin at 8pm that night, followed by an hour-and-change-long concert at 9:30pm in front of the Crystal featuring David Foster, Deborah Cox and Isabel Bayrakdarian, and will also bring appearances by David Suzuki and certainly other Canadian celebs. They’ll be closing off a good stretch of Bloor Street and part of Avenue Road for the event, so it sounds like they’re expecting quite the crowd.

The opening is met with a fair bit of controversy since the project has had a real polarizing effect on Torontonians. It seems most either love it, or hate it. I think I’ve expressed my opinion about this to many people before, but I’m delighted to see the ROM and the city of Toronto taking a chance with such a dramatic transformation. I only hope this will mark the beginning of a bit of an architectural renaissance for the city.